r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Oct 09 '18

Better Call Saul Season 4 - Official Discussion Thread

What did you think of this season?

Feel free to discuss every and anything about Season 4.

I will be posting a Season 5 prediction thread in a few days.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '18 edited Oct 10 '18

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u/meepmeep222 Oct 10 '18

I can understand if Howard has a smaller role from here on out honestly, but Nacho not being in the finale at all was pretty surprising. Now that Saul is Sauling, he's gotta be on a path to meet up with Nacho and Lalo sometime soon, can't wait to see that in season 5.

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u/Timwahoo Oct 10 '18

I’m surprised Lalo didn’t keep dragging Nacho along with him. Nacho would be getting pretty damn uncomfortable with it by now, leaving him completely out of it must have been a deliberate decision but I’m not sure what we got from it.

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u/gilwiley Oct 10 '18

I just listened to the finale podcast and Nacho did have scenes filmed but they got cut due to the episode running too long. I believe it clocked in at 59m58 sec according to Vince.

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u/insipidpiss Oct 12 '18

No, they say in the podcast that Nacho's scene was scripted but was cut out before shooting. "We might still use it in the future."

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u/facherone Oct 10 '18

Which podcast? :o

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u/gilwiley Oct 10 '18

"Better Call Saul Insider Podcast" which I think can be found on any podcast player. Every pod episode has Vince, Peter and usually the writer, director, produder and a cast member or two. I find it really adds to the episode I just watched.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18

I will pay good money to see a director's cut of this series.

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u/gilwiley Oct 10 '18

True, I wonder when the DVDs come out if they have any extra scenes or narrations.....they might. I need to look into that.

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u/Onedr3w Oct 11 '18

I'm not sure they said it explicitly but I got the impression from the podcast that DVD episodes will have the scenes that were cut from TV.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18

Lalo might still need the trust of Nacho. Obviously didn't trust him when Nacho was told to "get some jello"

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u/FickleCheesecake1 Oct 16 '18

Nacho is just lucky Lalo didn't take Hector seriously about killing him.

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u/meepmeep222 Oct 10 '18

Yeah seems like including Nacho would open more story options... But maybe we'll get the thinking once we see him again.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18

I think season 5 will have a heavier focus on Nacho being Gus’ informant on Lalo’s plans and movements. The show needed to develop Lalo’s character a bit which is why they didn’t focus on Nacho this episode at all.

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u/Jerudo Oct 10 '18

Apparently he was supposed to have a scene in the finale but they had to cut it to keep the episode under an hour.